Opera Explained: Rossini - Tancredi (Smillie) - CD

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An Introduction to... ROSSINI Tancredi

 

1. Introduction: Rossini's background

00:03:09

 

2. Rossini's operatic overtures

00:05:42

 

3. Semiramide and William Tell

00:04:17

 

4. Rossini's career and Tancredi

00:04:06

 

5. The plot and the beginning

00:07:01

 

6. Virtuosic tenors and Argirio's aria

00:05:43

 

7. Tancredi's arrival

00:06:55

 

8. Recitativo strumentato: Amenaide must obey her father

00:03:42

 

9. Duet: Tancredi and Amenaide

00:05:21

 

10. Act I: Finale

00:05:55

 

11. Act II, Scene 1: Isaura's aria di sorbetto

00:04:52

 

12. Amenaide in prison

00:04:39

 

13. Tancredi's victory

00:03:59

 

14. Tancredi's 'grand scena'

00:07:17

 

15. The happy ending wins

00:04:56